CAIRO // The Arab League today accused the Syrian regime of carrying out chemical weapons attacks in Damascus suburbs last week.
Permanent representatives condemned the "horrible crime carried out with internationally prohibited chemical weapons" and put the "entire responsibility" on President Bashar Al Assad's regime, at an emergency meeting in Cairo.
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Marie Byrne, a counsellor who volunteers at the UAE government's mental health crisis helpline, said the ordeal the crew had been through would take time to overcome.
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